East Devon District Council Chairman Cllr Stuart Hughes has thrown his weight behind a community’s fight to keep its Lloyds Bank branch.

Parishioners of St Andrew’s Parish Church in Colyton have written to the Chairman of Lloyds Bank, Lord Norman Blackwell, appealing to him in the strongest terms to keep their bank branch open.

In their letter, the rector of the church the Rev Hilary Dawson and her two church wardens Christine Sansom and David Fouracre, say: “It would appear in the world of big business, small is not beautiful: however, to a community like ours such a...

People who are feeling low or depressed are being offered the opportunity to take part in a study exploring the effectiveness of a simple new therapy online. Behavioural Activation (BA) was recently found to be as effective as the “gold standard” talking treatment of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.

Now, researchers at the University of Exeter are seeking participants from across the South West to help them assess BA’s effectiveness when accessed online. The programme consists of a series of eight weekly modules which aim to help people re-engage in positive. These activities can...

Big Screen in the Park returns to Exeter this summer with not five, but six nights of cinematic magic under the stars.

A different film will be showing on each of the six nights in Northernhay Gardens, from 9-14 August.

With Mexican street food, local ale and ciders and delicious coffees from the BikeCaffe, grab your friends and celebrate the biggest Exeter Big Screen in The Park ever.

Gates open at 7.30pm with films starting at 9pm daily.

Tickets are £5 in advance or £6 on the gate. It costs an additional £1 to bring your own chair chair.

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Rainbow Living was delighted to recently welcome two prominent NHS England members to the charity’s Exeter Rainbow House.

Dr Dominic Slowie, National Clinical Director for Learning Disability, and Hannah Iqbal, Policy Advisor for NHS England Learning Disability Programme, approached Rainbow Living to find out more about the charity’s bespoke model of supported living housing and how they support tenants, and their families, in making decisions about their individual personal care.

The visit forms part of a large scale national programme that Dr Slowie is leading for NHS...

Police are appealing for witnesses after a rhino sculpture was vandalised in Exeter city centre.

Between 2.30am and 2.45am on Saturday 30th July 2016, a rhinoceros sculpture in Goldsmith Square in the Guildhall Shopping Centre, Exeter was vandalised.

It is one of 40 that make up The Great Big Rhino Trail in Exeter and on the English Riviera.

Three male offenders are reported to have thrown a brick at the sculpture, causing damage.

One of the men is described as wearing a long sleeved white T-shirt, possibly of the Superdry brand, with blue lettering and a...

Business confidence amongst accommodation providers is at a record high for the summer holidays in a VisitEngland survey published this week. The ‘business confidence’ survey findings also show that out of 500 accommodation providers, more than half are expecting an increase in visitors following the EU referendum outcome with a particular boost expected for the domestic market. English businesses are anticipating a strong summer holiday period with 65% of accommodation providers feeling “very confident” about the summer holidays and 47% reporting forward bookings as “very good” – both...

Exeter College raises a record breaking £13,470.71 in support of Teenage Cancer Trust – the most ever raised by a college for the charity in the South West.

Over the past year, students and staff have come together to raise funds for the college’s Charity of the Year Teenage Cancer Trust – the only UK charity supporting 13-24 year olds with cancer through their specialist nursing staff and units. In March 2014 Teenage Cancer Trust raised £2.5million to open the first specialist Teenage Cancer Trust unit in the South West for local young people from across the region with cancer....